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you cut all those taxes, cut those taxes, then create a lot of growth. clinton actually raised taxes and you had growth for the clinton years. i'm not saying this is cause and effect, but there is no imperical evidence that if you cut taxes on the rich that jobs are created. it's not an article of policy. of faith. ideology. religion for the right. >> the democratic message on taxes is also personal. president obama's allies are ramping up calls on governor romney to release more of his past tax returns. this follows reporting that romney has stored assets in notorious tax shelters. >> the next four year, we're going to have to undergo comprehensive tax reform. and you know, he is somebody who has sheltered their income taxes in switzerland and the caymans and bermuda really somebody who's going to get under the hood and get us to a place of tax fairness. we need to know why he's got that money there. >> i'd really like to see mitt romney release more than one year of tax r records because there have been disturbing reports recently that he's got a secre
you cut all those taxes, cut those taxes, then create a lot of growth. clinton actually raised taxes and you had growth for the clinton years. i'm not saying this is cause and effect, but there is no imperical evidence that if you cut taxes on the rich that jobs are created. it's not an article of policy. of faith. ideology. religion for the right. >> the democratic message on taxes is also personal. president obama's allies are ramping up calls on governor romney to release more of his...
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he's cut taxes on the average american family by $3,600. two tax cuts. in the stimulus, making work pay cut and the payroll deduction tax cut. if you're an average working family that makes $75,000 under barack obama, your federal taxes have gone down $3,600. >> if you can get a job right now. that's the bigger problem. >> that's not the issue. >> and taxes are not what people are principally voting on in the election. taxes, if you go through and ask people what are the most important issues in the economy. it isn't spending. it's jobs and the economy. which romney is not talking about. >> when the president came out saying he wants to seek a tax increase on those making $250,000. >> that's not a tax increase. it's ending a tax cut. >> everybody, liberals to conservatives and everyone in between says it's a complete political act. the president thinks -- the president's team thinks that's the way to win the election. >> he's trying to extend it for 98% of americans. >> and he just happened to do it right now. >> he's been talking about that for years. >
he's cut taxes on the average american family by $3,600. two tax cuts. in the stimulus, making work pay cut and the payroll deduction tax cut. if you're an average working family that makes $75,000 under barack obama, your federal taxes have gone down $3,600. >> if you can get a job right now. that's the bigger problem. >> that's not the issue. >> and taxes are not what people are principally voting on in the election. taxes, if you go through and ask people what are the most...
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in major economic cities and major urban cities do we need to address things like tax rates. yes. because the fact is in major metropolitans they're paying more in taxes than their suburban neighbors. however the most important thing we have to do is increase the tax base, have more people in there who actually have good sustainable jobs. by doing things like addressing the educational disparities, doing things like making sure the education is trained towards jobs available and making sure we're putting in places where they can actually be successful in their work, that's how you increase the tax base, that's how you encourage more business to invest inside the area and address the economic disparities mitt romney is talking about without saying if we decrease taxes for the very rich somehow it will trickle down. that experiment has not worked. >> i will try to leave this segment on a high note which is to say that the detroit tigers are in the world series. >> yeah. >> go tigers. >> which is i mean i love san francisco, but really, the city should get it. >> absolutely. >> to wi
in major economic cities and major urban cities do we need to address things like tax rates. yes. because the fact is in major metropolitans they're paying more in taxes than their suburban neighbors. however the most important thing we have to do is increase the tax base, have more people in there who actually have good sustainable jobs. by doing things like addressing the educational disparities, doing things like making sure the education is trained towards jobs available and making sure...
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no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. >>> if you're a family in debt, you don't keep spending. >> it shouldn
no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom...
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spending and taxes. he wants to ban abortion rights and same-sex marriage and legalize the largest gun magazines a human being can carry. oh, yeah, he wants to kiss off anyone in the bottom half of the american income stream as long as it butters up the top. there is of course one powerful significant alternative interpretation. it is that what mitt romney said about the haves and what he considers the moochers is exactly what he thinks. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead -- no apology. more fallout from the secret romney tapes and his campaign scrambles to contain the damage from even new revelations from that undercover video. the tapes show his stunning true feelings about nearly half of the american people. late today, a defiant romney went on fox news to defend his views. >> i recognize that those people who are not paying income tax are going to say, gosh, this pro
spending and taxes. he wants to ban abortion rights and same-sex marriage and legalize the largest gun magazines a human being can carry. oh, yeah, he wants to kiss off anyone in the bottom half of the american income stream as long as it butters up the top. there is of course one powerful significant alternative interpretation. it is that what mitt romney said about the haves and what he considers the moochers is exactly what he thinks. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being...
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over the needs of the middle class. >> the choice on taxes, mitt romney's plan, a 25% tax cut for millionaires. tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas. but a tax hike for 18 million working families. president obama's plan -- ask the wealthy it pay a little more so the middle class pays less, eliminate oil subsidies and tax breaks for companies that outsource. two plans, your choice. >> vice president biden addresses the naacp convention later this morning. >>> in washington, house republicans are looking to rally the conservative base ahead of this year's election with what's becoming a largely symbolic stand against president obama's health care law. the house voted again yesterday to repeal the affordable care act. it's the 33rd time that members have tried to dismantle all or part of the law. the vote was 244-185, with five democrats joining their republican colleagues in supporting repeal. two of the five are facing tough re-election fights this year. while the other three all voted against the law in 2011. the bill goes to the democrat-controlled senate whe
over the needs of the middle class. >> the choice on taxes, mitt romney's plan, a 25% tax cut for millionaires. tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas. but a tax hike for 18 million working families. president obama's plan -- ask the wealthy it pay a little more so the middle class pays less, eliminate oil subsidies and tax breaks for companies that outsource. two plans, your choice. >> vice president biden addresses the naacp convention later this...
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it's taxes. taxes. okay, you can say taxes. when you separate taxes from revenue, we are going to raise revenue, not taxes, you get strange things, it seems. there's all sorts of privatization. take the highway, we are going to sell it to you. lease it back and get a one-time payment from that. this is something that's happening right now in baltimore that i think is pretty fascinating. take a look. >> i thought it was idiotic. why do we want to look like nascar? look like a bus going down the street. after the shock wore off, this shows how far we have to go to think outside of the box. >> reporter: chicago sold ad space on iconic bridges to bank of america. philadelphia rented out a transitation to at&t. brazil indiana let kfc advertise on fire hydrants. >> baltimore, in case that wasn't there, they are selling ad space on fire trucks. were you tempted? was there anything you were thinking of putting up on the auction block? >> we are not purists. you know, you see things get named from time-to-time. those are extremes. those
it's taxes. taxes. okay, you can say taxes. when you separate taxes from revenue, we are going to raise revenue, not taxes, you get strange things, it seems. there's all sorts of privatization. take the highway, we are going to sell it to you. lease it back and get a one-time payment from that. this is something that's happening right now in baltimore that i think is pretty fascinating. take a look. >> i thought it was idiotic. why do we want to look like nascar? look like a bus going...
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plan. >> this was dishonest. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. >> the governor knows his $5 trillion tax cut isn't too popular, so a few weeks before the election, he's trying to pretend it doesn't exist. >> reporter: president obama at a star-studded fundraising concert in los angeles sunday heads to san francisco today with romney's poll numbers improving. >> they're looking very good. i feel very good. >> reporter: after the debate, romney is within two points of the president. and tomorrow, both candidates head to ohio, battleground ohio, where early voting is already under way. tomorrow is the last day to register to vote there. veronica? >> thank you. mitt romney will deliver that major policy speech before noon eastern, but the obama campaign is issuing a preemptive strike with this new tv ad criticizing the republican candidate's past foreign policy faux pas. take a look. >> reckless. amateurish. that's what news media and fellow republicans called mitt romney's gaffe-filled july tour of england, israel, and poland, when our u.s. diplomats were attacked in libya,
plan. >> this was dishonest. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. >> the governor knows his $5 trillion tax cut isn't too popular, so a few weeks before the election, he's trying to pretend it doesn't exist. >> reporter: president obama at a star-studded fundraising concert in los angeles sunday heads to san francisco today with romney's poll numbers improving. >> they're looking very good. i feel very good. >> reporter: after the debate, romney is...
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new taxes on green house gas emissions and also on stocks transactions to limit the volatility. also, expect to see some sort of a wage freeze continue on public servants pea right into 2013. what is key is where the pensions will be touched. this is very big across the continent, whether there are further cuts to welfare. you're not going to get true reports until the pensions are worn back. this is the last froon tear as far as they're concerned. >> karen cho, thanks so much. >>> still ahead on "way too early," the officials -- yeshgs the officials will get the biggest cheers in the building to night when they return to the field for the ravens-browns game. we'll tell you how the deal came together and check out the play-off races in sports. >>> and stephen colbert prepares us for the apork-alypse. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. [ ow ner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here
new taxes on green house gas emissions and also on stocks transactions to limit the volatility. also, expect to see some sort of a wage freeze continue on public servants pea right into 2013. what is key is where the pensions will be touched. this is very big across the continent, whether there are further cuts to welfare. you're not going to get true reports until the pensions are worn back. this is the last froon tear as far as they're concerned. >> karen cho, thanks so much....
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not every tax dollar is spent wisely. not every person can be helped who refuses to help themselves. that is not an excuse to tell the vast majority of the hard working americans, many of whom are struggling, you're on your own. unless you are lucky enough to have parents to afford to lend you money, you may not be able to go to college. if you pay your premiums every month, the insurance company may decide to drop your coverage when you need it most and you are out of luck. that's not who we are. that's not what built america. we built this country together. we build railroads and highways and the hoover dam and the golden gate bridge. we built those things together. we sent my grandfather's generation to college on the gi bill. including my grandfather. we do that together. we didn't make investments that ultimately led to the internet or all these things that created platforms for private dbusinesss to succeed. we did not do it for one individual or one particular group. we did it because this will make us all richer.
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/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, without the boos. stop all that malarkey. this is deadly ernest, man. this is deadly ernest. how they can justify -- how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify it? >> the romney campaign picked up on that middle class being buried for the last four years during which president obama was in the white house while campaigning in iowa. paul ryan did not miss the opportunity to seize on biden's choice of words. >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree. of course the middle class has been buried. they're being buried by regulations. they're being buried by taxes. they're being buried by borrowing. they're being buried by the obama administration's economic failures. >> the romney campaign also chimed in on twitter writing agree with joe biden. the middle class has been buried the last
/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, without the boos. stop all that malarkey. this is deadly ernest, man. this is deadly ernest. how they can justify -- how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify it? >> the romney campaign picked up on that middle class being buried for the last four years...
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mitt romney told an audience in ohio they should not look forward to a huge cut in taxes if he's elected. romney said that's because he will also lower deductions and exemptions. >>> in an interview with "politico," newt gingrich had some debate advice for romney. gingrich says that when he faces president obama, mr. romney should "not be hostile but be assertive, clear, and direct and not back off." >>> campaigning with mitt romney in ohio yesterday was mike row, the host of "dirty jobs." the two agreed that creating jobs is the most important thing that america needs. >>> the "orlando sentinel" reports that jimmy buffet, the mayor of margaritaville, will be doing a performance next month to help president obama. tickets for the private invitation only fund-raiser cost between $500 and $5,000. >>> steve harvey will tape an episode today at nbc in chicago with first lady michelle obama for his new day time talk show. he says he is honored. the interview will air next wednesday. >>> and bill clinton told cnn he can't be president in the u.s. again but he does have other options. clinton s
mitt romney told an audience in ohio they should not look forward to a huge cut in taxes if he's elected. romney said that's because he will also lower deductions and exemptions. >>> in an interview with "politico," newt gingrich had some debate advice for romney. gingrich says that when he faces president obama, mr. romney should "not be hostile but be assertive, clear, and direct and not back off." >>> campaigning with mitt romney in ohio yesterday was...
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here it is. >> tax cuts. tax cuts. gut some regulations. oh, and more tax cuts. tax cuts when times are good. tax cuts when times are bad. tax cuts to help you lose a few extra pounds. tax cuts to improve your love life. it will cure anything, according to them. >> what about this approach, richard? this argument, how does it play out for the president, the way he's handling it? he's almost mixing in comedy and jabbing along the way with this. it's a very serious ixue. we have to fix the treasury, and it is about the tax cuts. >> look, successful candidates can jab and punch and do it with a sense of humor. president clinton did it. president bush did it, too. it's a skill, a skill mitt romney hasn't shown yet. maybe he'll pick it up along the way. one thing to understand about this phase, the next big thing that mitt romney is doing this homework for are the presidential debates. what president obama did last night and is doing on the trail is setting up the debates. he's knocking down their arguments systematically so when he gets to the debates, people are alr
here it is. >> tax cuts. tax cuts. gut some regulations. oh, and more tax cuts. tax cuts when times are good. tax cuts when times are bad. tax cuts to help you lose a few extra pounds. tax cuts to improve your love life. it will cure anything, according to them. >> what about this approach, richard? this argument, how does it play out for the president, the way he's handling it? he's almost mixing in comedy and jabbing along the way with this. it's a very serious ixue. we have to...
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his campaign and he refuses to say what he's doing for hours at a time and he refusists releasing his tax returns. >> he will meet with speaker boehner and having a rally this sunday. capitol hill reporters heard before romney campaign supporters. is this one of the most secretive. >> it's incredible message des mrin. they've talked about the things they want to talk about. when you bring up other matters whether it's donald trump and they say those issues don't matter. what voters care about is the economy, but as we write this morning, one of the things about being president when you sit in the oval office you don't always control the things that you have to talk about. foreign policy issues that you have been dealing with and so the romney campaign are running up the clock which is in football and basketball and take a smart strategy to deploy and they could end up helping mitt romney and hey, we'll only talk about mitt romney and it presents challenges in the oval office and you'll have to sit down for an interview that's not fox. >> he's on the bus tour in which the traveling press c
his campaign and he refuses to say what he's doing for hours at a time and he refusists releasing his tax returns. >> he will meet with speaker boehner and having a rally this sunday. capitol hill reporters heard before romney campaign supporters. is this one of the most secretive. >> it's incredible message des mrin. they've talked about the things they want to talk about. when you bring up other matters whether it's donald trump and they say those issues don't matter. what voters...
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college students pay $1,000 a year more to get a tax break. the american voters are not stupid. these guys are going to pay for this. they are on the side of the 1% and the president's mostly on the side of the 99%. the 99% a lot better number when you're running someplace in the polls. i don't think this works. they want it tell women what to do in their personal lives, they don't like latinos, they want to take money out of college students' pockets so they don't have to take exxonmobile's tax break away when they made a record amount of profits. their priorities are not the right priorities for america. >> catch "the ed show" at 8:00 p.m. >>> new details are emerging on a terror bomb plot in yemen. for the first time the cia has an operative inside al qaeda. it appears the u.s. was equipped to deal with the threat of a new underwear bomb. nbc's steve handlesman has that story. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the full body scanners in many u.s. and overseas airports probably would have picked up the latest al qaeda bomb. >> i think all thing
college students pay $1,000 a year more to get a tax break. the american voters are not stupid. these guys are going to pay for this. they are on the side of the 1% and the president's mostly on the side of the 99%. the 99% a lot better number when you're running someplace in the polls. i don't think this works. they want it tell women what to do in their personal lives, they don't like latinos, they want to take money out of college students' pockets so they don't have to take exxonmobile's...
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on the subject of tax cuts, many americans did not recognize a tax cut he gave them. noted that of the stimulus bill, 36% was devoted to tax cuts of which the biggest by far was the making work pay tax credit which was a refundable tax credit of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples filing jointly implemented by reducing tax withholding. that meant a fair number of people didn't notice their taxes were being cut even though. americans paid the lowest tax rates in 30 years to the federal government in 2009 in part because of tax cuts president obama sought to combat the great recession according to the congressional budget analysts. president obama needs to do a much better job selling his accomplishments and not letting his opponents define them. his
on the subject of tax cuts, many americans did not recognize a tax cut he gave them. noted that of the stimulus bill, 36% was devoted to tax cuts of which the biggest by far was the making work pay tax credit which was a refundable tax credit of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples filing jointly implemented by reducing tax withholding. that meant a fair number of people didn't notice their taxes were being cut even though. americans paid the lowest tax rates in 30 years to the...
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, because the constitution permits such a tax, roberts wrote, for the five-justice majority, it is not our role to fosh bit it. the court did linlt the federal government's power to force states to take more medicaid patients. the affordable care act goes forward. guaranteed coverage and every american included, like it or not. >> i was hoping for the whole thing to come down. >> we have to unite and fight this. >> i am very happy with the decision that was made today. >> we have worked for this for a long time. >> president obama praised the high court's decision. >> with today's announcement, time for us to move forward. to implement and where necessary, improve on this law. >> house republicans scheduled a repeal vote for july 11th. mitt romney said he would sign a repeal if he wins. >> if we want to get rid of obama care, we are going to have to replace president obama. >> it is barack obama who got a boost. i'm steve handelsman, nbcç new washington. >>> last night on "the edge" show, congresswoman nancy pelosi talked about the supreme court decision and told host, ed schultz, ab
, because the constitution permits such a tax, roberts wrote, for the five-justice majority, it is not our role to fosh bit it. the court did linlt the federal government's power to force states to take more medicaid patients. the affordable care act goes forward. guaranteed coverage and every american included, like it or not. >> i was hoping for the whole thing to come down. >> we have to unite and fight this. >> i am very happy with the decision that was made today....
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he also had plans to increase taxes on wealthy individuals and on corporations with the individual top rate going, if he has his way, to 75%. mr. sarkozy, meanwhile, thanked his supporters on sunday, saying he tried his best to win reelection despite widespread anger at his handling of the economy. he took full responsibility for his defeat. the french president lost a second term by 4% of the vote. >>> turning now to greece where voters are also fed up with auss tearty measures taking it out on their politicians in yesterday's parliamentary elections, a majority of greeks came out against the country's two major parties, rejecting support of the international bailout. instead, voters are backing smaller, sometimes fringe groups that oppose aus terty. the future of the country's $171 billion rescue package is now in doubt. not only could greece go bankrupt, but it could also put the country's european allies on the hook for billions of dollars. >>> let's sort through all of this and get an impact on the global economy and a look at what it means to the continent. cnbc's jeff cutmore is
he also had plans to increase taxes on wealthy individuals and on corporations with the individual top rate going, if he has his way, to 75%. mr. sarkozy, meanwhile, thanked his supporters on sunday, saying he tried his best to win reelection despite widespread anger at his handling of the economy. he took full responsibility for his defeat. the french president lost a second term by 4% of the vote. >>> turning now to greece where voters are also fed up with auss tearty measures taking...
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republican senator lindsay graham, one of hundreds of republican who is signed grover norquist's anti-tax pledge has broke within the crusader. he told abc he supported eliminating tax deductions, we're so far in debt if you don't give up some ideological ground, the economy sinks. >>> former clinton aide says it's not the economy, stupid. arguing president obama's focus on the success of the economic recovery is wrong and will fail. instead the group recommends obama relate more to middle class struggle. >>> spike lee predicts a tough re-election road for the president. he thinks obama will prevail, saying once we get to the debates, my man is going to tear him up. >>> senate majority leader, harry reid is among those outraged over manny pacquiao's controversial split decision loss in last week's championship fight. reid, a former boxer, said he wanted to go to the fight, but couldn't because it was his wife's birthday. >>> and finally, former president george h.w. bush is not a justin bieber fan. after granddaughter jenna bush hager sang part of a bieber song on the "today show" yesterd
republican senator lindsay graham, one of hundreds of republican who is signed grover norquist's anti-tax pledge has broke within the crusader. he told abc he supported eliminating tax deductions, we're so far in debt if you don't give up some ideological ground, the economy sinks. >>> former clinton aide says it's not the economy, stupid. arguing president obama's focus on the success of the economic recovery is wrong and will fail. instead the group recommends obama relate more to...
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mitt romney, it's a tax. president obama, not a tax. but it turns out that position was the president's plan "a." luckily for him the affordable care act and then plan "b." here's what was argued before the court when he made the president's case for the law in march. not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power, if it can be upheld on that basis. that alternative argument presented by the solicitor general was exactly what chief justice john roberts needed in order to sign with the court's majority. and to form the constitutionality of the law. and the republicans were all too willing to agree. >> it is now a tax since the court said it was a tax. >> it's a middle class tax cut, a tax increase. >> now they were willing to agree that is until they didn't, or at least that's the impression romney's senior adviser eric fernstrum gave when he said that the version disagreed with the 2009 romney. >> he disagrees with the court's ruling t
mitt romney, it's a tax. president obama, not a tax. but it turns out that position was the president's plan "a." luckily for him the affordable care act and then plan "b." here's what was argued before the court when he made the president's case for the law in march. not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power, if it can be upheld on that basis. that alternative...
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if the hurricane did hit hard they were supposed to evacuate to mitt romney's tax shelter. go down there and stay there until it blew over. the big gossip now is that there's going to be a mystery speaker tomorrow night. apparently republicans have a big mystery speaker lined up. they got joe biden. >> tonight jay welcomes. savannah gut tli. and musical group. >>> yesterday she was banned by her favorite hotel for allegedly failing to pay a $46,000 bill. >>> $686 for cigarettes. not so understandable. that's disgusting. over 3,000 for the mip any bar. >> that's true. >> and skidless. >> after ten episodes of the summer run by charlie sheen's anger management, fx has ordered another 90 episodes. kicking off the u.s. leg of her summer tour in philadelphia, after talking about the arrest of three russian punc rockers, madonna told them they should, quote, never forget how lucky you are to live in a place where you have the freedom you have. >> it is lucky to sit next to you. >> don't come next to me because you're jealous of this guy. ryan gosselin will be directing something
if the hurricane did hit hard they were supposed to evacuate to mitt romney's tax shelter. go down there and stay there until it blew over. the big gossip now is that there's going to be a mystery speaker tomorrow night. apparently republicans have a big mystery speaker lined up. they got joe biden. >> tonight jay welcomes. savannah gut tli. and musical group. >>> yesterday she was banned by her favorite hotel for allegedly failing to pay a $46,000 bill. >>> $686 for...
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take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> reporter: and he recounted make accomplishments. >> osama bin laden is dead. >> reporter: plus, the auto bailout, detroit building more cars. >> today they can't build them fast enough because we reinvented a dying auto industry that's back on the top of the world. >> reporter: the bulk of this speech aimed at the middle class. >> i refuse to ask middle class families to give up their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. >> reporter: the president called for a million new manufacturing jobs, cutting the growth of college tuition in half and reducing the deficit by $4 trillion. >> i ask you tonight for your vote. >> reporter: if he gets another chance. today, it's back on the campaign trail to new hampshire. new hampshire's one of the eight battleground states where mitt romney's rolling out 15 new ads today. the conventions are now over, and as he says in that ad, the race is on. lynn? >> all right, tracie, thanks. last night on msnbc's special conven
take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> reporter: and he recounted make accomplishments. >> osama bin laden is dead. >> reporter: plus, the auto bailout, detroit building more cars. >> today they can't build them fast enough because we reinvented a dying auto industry that's back on the top of the world. >> reporter: the bulk of this speech aimed at the middle class. >> i refuse to ask middle class families to give up...
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was being interviewed in detroit when he objected to the reporter's question about gun violence and taxes. and then the interview came to an abrupt end. take a look. >> those are yours, not mine. >> thank you very much, sir. >> that was kind of strange. stuff words in people's mouth? >> he said he responded as anyone would in such a strange situation. also in michigan, paul ryan and kid rock got a loud welcome from thousands at oakland university. kid rock urged everyone to vote and ryan said the gop ticket would win in michigan. clueless actress stacy dash sent a tweet of herself with an american flag endorsing mitt romney as the only choice for the future. well that prompted a twitter explosion criticizing a black woman's support for mitt romney. >> and mr. romney may be worried about questions from children about his plans to cut funding for big bird and sesame street. the republican candidate has decided to skip nickelodeon's the kids pick the president special. the producer says that decision dissed children. president obama will be talking directly to the kids for the special. and t
was being interviewed in detroit when he objected to the reporter's question about gun violence and taxes. and then the interview came to an abrupt end. take a look. >> those are yours, not mine. >> thank you very much, sir. >> that was kind of strange. stuff words in people's mouth? >> he said he responded as anyone would in such a strange situation. also in michigan, paul ryan and kid rock got a loud welcome from thousands at oakland university. kid rock urged everyone...
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raising the state sales tax and a temporary increase in income tax on the wealthy. brown says it's the best he can do, calling it a, quote, pretzel palace of incredible complexity. the governor made a comparison to the financial struggles we were talking about overseas. >> take away our never pleasant, take a look at what's going on in greece. take a look at the 100,000 people marching in spain. once you have it, it's much more painful to give it up than if you don't get what you desire. and that's why it becomes very important to block new spending proposals. it is difficult, and that's just life. >> governor brown's plan comes up for a vote in november. >>> to 2012 politics, mitt romney's time at his former company bain capital is shifting the debate back to the economy. just hours after the obama campaign released a video attackiattack ing mitd romney's role in a now-bankrupt steel plant, romney's team countered focusing on a different steel plant that is now hiring. the ad claims romney's work at bain capital led to more american jobs. here is a piece of the rom
raising the state sales tax and a temporary increase in income tax on the wealthy. brown says it's the best he can do, calling it a, quote, pretzel palace of incredible complexity. the governor made a comparison to the financial struggles we were talking about overseas. >> take away our never pleasant, take a look at what's going on in greece. take a look at the 100,000 people marching in spain. once you have it, it's much more painful to give it up than if you don't get what you desire....
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. >> here at home, we understand romney is making more headlines today with questions about his taxes? >> reporter: yeah, romney in an interview with one of the other networks said that he had been audited at one point. romney's campaign tells nbc's chuck todd that yes, romney was audited more than a decade ago but was found to be in compliance. but veronica, it just brings up a lot more questions about what isn't being revealed about romney's taxes in those years other than the two that he's decided to reveal to the public. >> interesting. brian mooar in washington, brian, thank you. >>> elsewhere in the middle east, syria's foreign minister has predicted that rebels in the country's largest city will be defeated soon. government forces have been struggling to take back aleppo with tanks and artillery-pounding neighborhoods for a week. international correspondent john irvin from itn reports. >> reporter: it is evolving into the pivotal battle of the war so far. aleppo is a prize that neither side can afford to lose. consequently these rebels are fighting doggedly to keep every inch t
. >> here at home, we understand romney is making more headlines today with questions about his taxes? >> reporter: yeah, romney in an interview with one of the other networks said that he had been audited at one point. romney's campaign tells nbc's chuck todd that yes, romney was audited more than a decade ago but was found to be in compliance. but veronica, it just brings up a lot more questions about what isn't being revealed about romney's taxes in those years other than the two...
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those people all pay payroll taxes, most of them the social security taxes people pay account for more taxes than income taxes for most americans today and it shows how romney is out of touch with what the real life situation is for average americans and that's what's hurting him as we hit the finish line here. >> mark, peggy noonan wrote this of romney's campaign. it's time to admit the romney campaign is an incompetent one. it is not big, not brave, not thoughtfully tackling great issues. it's always been too small for the moment. all the activists, party supporters, and big donors should be pushing for change. people want to focus on who at the top is least constructive and most responsible but mitt romney is no puppet. he chooses who to listen to and intervention is in order. mitt, this isn't working. so, mark, as we look at what races are going on elsewhere in the country we have linda mcmann of connecticut, scott brown from massachusetts two from romney's own party who have denounced his remarks about the 47%. i think even chris christie tweeted about the fact that he is governor
those people all pay payroll taxes, most of them the social security taxes people pay account for more taxes than income taxes for most americans today and it shows how romney is out of touch with what the real life situation is for average americans and that's what's hurting him as we hit the finish line here. >> mark, peggy noonan wrote this of romney's campaign. it's time to admit the romney campaign is an incompetent one. it is not big, not brave, not thoughtfully tackling great...
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>> i had $30,000 i had saved up from being a hard-working man who pays his taxes. it's gone. >> dent was actually a top ranked car salesman until he became a junkie and was fired for selling to his co-workers. >> it's sad. his crimes are acts of desperation. >> you want me to admit everything and go over to the county. >> at some point, something in nick's mind, the switch flipped. he decides that he's caught. >> bottom line is this. you want to tell us the truth and you have to tell it all not bits and pieces. >> i'll tell you the truth. >> about all the robberies, yes or no? >> other robberies that i was involved in. >> something i've done in one week of my 28 years will determine the next 20 years of my life. >> an unlikely felon. >> finally, somebody stopped me from this madness. >> and a nurse who ripped off her own patients. >> the patient went to the hospital and they had a card of them and i just took the card. because in this business, there are no straight lines. only the twists and turns of an unpredictable industry. so the eighty-thousand employees at d
>> i had $30,000 i had saved up from being a hard-working man who pays his taxes. it's gone. >> dent was actually a top ranked car salesman until he became a junkie and was fired for selling to his co-workers. >> it's sad. his crimes are acts of desperation. >> you want me to admit everything and go over to the county. >> at some point, something in nick's mind, the switch flipped. he decides that he's caught. >> bottom line is this. you want to tell us the...
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it's not a tax. it's a penalty for free riders. >> you saw all the leaders out, thexé congressional leaders and nancy pelosi is probably the most ferocious defender of the law of anybody on the capitol hill and the republican leaders were, i thought, pretty good at finessing the fact that romney has to deal with the legacy of romney care. there's a new reuters poll that shows a slight uptick of the approval of the law. not much. but i think you both sideç now with their lines drawn. and the president's side still has the bigger burden because the law remains less popular than popular. >> you mentioned the republicans come back. do we have the clip of mitch mcconnell and the fox interview? i have to read the script first. what else do you want me to do here. republicans said some parts of the law are worth preserving or rework but mitch mcconnell appeared to hedge when asked how millions of americans could afford health care without the president's law. >> what specifically your going to do to prov
it's not a tax. it's a penalty for free riders. >> you saw all the leaders out, thexé congressional leaders and nancy pelosi is probably the most ferocious defender of the law of anybody on the capitol hill and the republican leaders were, i thought, pretty good at finessing the fact that romney has to deal with the legacy of romney care. there's a new reuters poll that shows a slight uptick of the approval of the law. not much. but i think you both sideç now with their lines drawn....
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romney's proposed tax cuts were found to reduce federal tax levels by 10.7 trillion. we know that josh barrow observed if romney wants to push through the tax cuts without increasing the deficit it would, quote, require spending cuts over and above those already necessary to close a long-term budget gap will exist if tax policy remains the same as it is today. thanks for michigan republican congressman and senate candidate pete hookstra. he had this ad during the super bowl. >> thank you, michigan senator. debbie spent so much american money. you buy more and more from us. your economy get very weak. ours get very good. we take your jobs. thank you, debbiespend it now. >> i think this race is between debbie spend it now and pete spend it not. i'm pete and i approve this message. >> we know the actress in the ad of san francisco has since apologized for her role in it. we also know that republicans have responded favorably to the ad allowing hoekstra take the lead over his primary rivals but we know that debbie has gone from a 7-.lead in the polls to a 21-point lead in
romney's proposed tax cuts were found to reduce federal tax levels by 10.7 trillion. we know that josh barrow observed if romney wants to push through the tax cuts without increasing the deficit it would, quote, require spending cuts over and above those already necessary to close a long-term budget gap will exist if tax policy remains the same as it is today. thanks for michigan republican congressman and senate candidate pete hookstra. he had this ad during the super bowl. >> thank you,...
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programs, and thirdly, they want to p protect the wealthiest estates from any changes of the estate tax because they will have to give something on the rates, and they want to push the threathold of the rate increase as high as they could and go back to the $400,000 that they were offered from the president before. >> right. >> and all of that is absolutely true, and also in addition, what we are looking at of course is the poll numbers. when you talked, i thought it was brilliant that you said that we are the cop tes tantntestant the reality when you look at the republican actions in particular, and the republican actions are polling 20% approval and the president is polling 50% approval, but the 20% approval is about the action on the cliff and not how they play in their individual districts. so when you travel around the country, and i have been to e tea party country in arizona, et cetera, there is a huge incentive for some of the more junior members of congress to stand their ground. it doesn't have to do with the fiscal math of the country, but it has to do with the electoral math
programs, and thirdly, they want to p protect the wealthiest estates from any changes of the estate tax because they will have to give something on the rates, and they want to push the threathold of the rate increase as high as they could and go back to the $400,000 that they were offered from the president before. >> right. >> and all of that is absolutely true, and also in addition, what we are looking at of course is the poll numbers. when you talked, i thought it was brilliant...
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they don't pay property taxes, sales taxes. this he get to issue tax-exempt bonds. in exchange for that, they're supposed to treat people with compassion, serve a mission and basically do good for the people of the state. and so we believe, it is not consistent with mission of a charitable organization to have what amounts to an aggressive boiler room sales oriented culture put into the hospital in a way that potentially can get between the patient and their doctor. for example, in the reports that we outlined, accretive is putting quoteas for how much money they have to collect from patients every derrek every week. they're putting on it white boards. playing games if you collect x from the patient, i'll shave my head or dress up like a clown. that type of behavior isn't what you expect to see in a hospital when you go there to treat yourself or a loved one. >> well, let me read one of the statements from north memorial hospital. you said they're not cooperating. they give us the statement, we continue to provide additional information in a manner that is as timely
they don't pay property taxes, sales taxes. this he get to issue tax-exempt bonds. in exchange for that, they're supposed to treat people with compassion, serve a mission and basically do good for the people of the state. and so we believe, it is not consistent with mission of a charitable organization to have what amounts to an aggressive boiler room sales oriented culture put into the hospital in a way that potentially can get between the patient and their doctor. for example, in the reports...
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we pay a lot of other taxes. we pay sales tax. we pay gas as it goes up. the idea that the percentage is made up of weak or lazy or uncaring or automatic obama voter, either, i mean, all of that is just wrong. it's just wrong. i think he realized that pretty quickly. >> if you could say one thing, though, to either president obama or to mitt romney as they wage this battle against the 47% they both fight to see who is more empathetic to that part of our country, what would you say? >> i -- i don't think that it's a matter of seeming more empathetic. i want to hear policy. i want to see changes. i don't want to see pell grants cut. if anything, they should be increased. i don't want to see medicare or medicaid threatened for people i love and people i don't know but i know rely on those programs. we need help. all of us need help at some time or another. some of us need it more than others and more than once. but because we need help doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with our moral character. >> larkin warren. larkin, thanks for joining me today. i a
we pay a lot of other taxes. we pay sales tax. we pay gas as it goes up. the idea that the percentage is made up of weak or lazy or uncaring or automatic obama voter, either, i mean, all of that is just wrong. it's just wrong. i think he realized that pretty quickly. >> if you could say one thing, though, to either president obama or to mitt romney as they wage this battle against the 47% they both fight to see who is more empathetic to that part of our country, what would you say?...
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president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i [ chuckles ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now you'll know when to stop. [ honk! ] the all-new nissan altima with easy fill tire alert. [ honk! ] it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ innovation that excites. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative... ...which helped students and teachers get better results in ap courses. together, they raised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential... ...if the other states joined them. let's raise our scores. let's invest in our teachers and inspire our students. let's solve this. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidel
president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i [ chuckles ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now you'll know when to stop. [ honk! ] the all-new nissan altima with easy fill tire alert. [ honk! ] it's our...
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tax efficient and low cost building blocks to help you keep more of what you earn. call your advisor. visit ishares.com. ishares. yeah, ishares. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. >>> back on our live coverage on msnbc, a live shot of the crane on 57th street in manhattan. thank thanks for staying with us as we continue our coverage of this powerful storm, which has come ashore. now if you live in new york city, i want you to pay attention to what i'm saying. new york city is experiencing 911 overload. that means a lot of calls are coming into 911. the city is asking us to ask you to call 311 for non-emergencies like downed trees or other minor issues or information that you might need or, should i say, information that you're trying to give to get help from authorities. so it's 311 for like downed trees and other minor issues. but we are having a 911 overload here in the city tonight. we're keeping an eye on the storm surge. low
tax efficient and low cost building blocks to help you keep more of what you earn. call your advisor. visit ishares.com. ishares. yeah, ishares. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. >>> back on our live coverage on msnbc, a live shot of the crane on 57th street in manhattan. thank thanks for staying with us as we continue our coverage of this powerful...
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taxes are low. >> it doesn't work. >> for years it was cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes. that by itself doesn't make sense. at the same time raising taxes during this time doesn't make any more sense than slashing spending across the board right now. >> well, we've tried it all. let's face it, during the 20s we had this coolidge crowd, which is basically laissez faire. that was the old belief before the great depression. the market will fix itself. these guys are -- now we've had exercise with bush more legen y legendly -- we already have your effect of this. we don't know what's going to work. the odd thing is the united states government since 1946 said it's the job of the federal government to ensure full employment. even though democrats have been more big government in washington's point of view and republican say they're for states right and keep republicans out of our issues, that's one of the great ironies of the considerate's argument. this government want me to differ my food but this is the time and by the way, it didn't work for bush and it hasn't worked latel
taxes are low. >> it doesn't work. >> for years it was cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes. that by itself doesn't make sense. at the same time raising taxes during this time doesn't make any more sense than slashing spending across the board right now. >> well, we've tried it all. let's face it, during the 20s we had this coolidge crowd, which is basically laissez faire. that was the old belief before the great depression. the market will fix itself. these guys are -- now we've...
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they believe you help the 47% who don't pay taxes to get on the tax rolls by lowering tax rates. but romney doesn't believe that, does he? >> well, he doesn't seem to. and you know, to go back to your analogy with margaret thatcher, joe, i mean, that's exactly what she did in great britain. she reduced the top tax rate from above 80% and brought it down during the course of her term to 40%. and it stayed there pretty much ever since in the uk. i mean, that was a massive tax cut for the wealthiest, and she did it by saying this will increase britain's economic growth, and everybody can take part in it. she came from that class that needed the benefits. her father had been a grocer, a classic conservative working-classman. and in that respect, she had a huge advantage over mitt romney because she understood the people that she was trying to persuade. she was one of them. and i think that's been part of mitt romney's problem. but there has been a debate, a valid debate, in the states, you know, very recently about whether the tax cuts have boosted economic growth as conservatives sa
they believe you help the 47% who don't pay taxes to get on the tax rolls by lowering tax rates. but romney doesn't believe that, does he? >> well, he doesn't seem to. and you know, to go back to your analogy with margaret thatcher, joe, i mean, that's exactly what she did in great britain. she reduced the top tax rate from above 80% and brought it down during the course of her term to 40%. and it stayed there pretty much ever since in the uk. i mean, that was a massive tax cut for the...
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like regular liquor stores, like regular businesses selling this new illegal product regulated and taxed by the state. that is the proposal that won by ten points in colorado and by 12 points in washington state. according to these ballot initiatives, it will not be illegal to buy or possess less than an ounce poft over the age of 21. on paper it's that pot is regulated much like alcohol is, but the really important difference is, the really important difference is that according to the federal government and therefore for the whole united states of america everywhere according to the federal government it's illegal to buy or sell pot. that's just as much the law as these new state laws that say the opposite. what's going to happen here? is it legal or not? is it going to be legal to buy and sell and smoke pot in colorado and washington, or is it not? we are not the only ones asking this question. the people in charge are asking the question, too. the governor of colorado has indicated he also has no idea how this is going to work. on election day he put out a state reminding coloradans
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or got the income tax and prohibition was repealed. peter, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> play sure. >>> we'll be right back after this. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids... ♪ ...and the nurburgring? or what if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah, that would be cool. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for tomorrow. innovation for all. ♪ i see your cup of joe goes with you. how nice of joe to, how you say, have your back. try something different. a delicious gevalia kaffe, or as i like to say, a cup of johan. will johan power walk the mall with you? i don't think so. but he will spend time rubbing your feet, discussing your feelings. ♪ joe may have your back, but johan has your feet. gevalia. meet me in the coffee aisle. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication cont
or got the income tax and prohibition was repealed. peter, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> play sure. >>> we'll be right back after this. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids... ♪ ...and the nurburgring? or what if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah, that would be cool. nissan. innovation for today....
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catastrophic cuts to education, millionaires who get one of the largest tax cuts ever, while middle-class families pay more. that's what mitt romney wants to bring more. remember that when you go here -- >> i'm barack obama and i approved this message. >> no more ads and no more debates. it's up to you. on the republican side, here's the closing argument being made by mitt romney in the crucial swing state of ohio -- who will do more for the auto industry, not barack obama. fact checkers confirm hills attacks on mitt romney are false. the truth? mitt romney has a plan to help the auto industry. he's supported by lee aiko can and gm. he sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. mitt romney will fight for every american job. >>> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> mitt romney did actually say he'd let detroit go bankrupt and he opposed the bailout and said if we did it it you could kiss the automotive industry good-bye and that didn't really work out. when they endorsed him, they said in spite of him screwing up so badly. the point where they say barack ob
catastrophic cuts to education, millionaires who get one of the largest tax cuts ever, while middle-class families pay more. that's what mitt romney wants to bring more. remember that when you go here -- >> i'm barack obama and i approved this message. >> no more ads and no more debates. it's up to you. on the republican side, here's the closing argument being made by mitt romney in the crucial swing state of ohio -- who will do more for the auto industry, not barack obama. fact...
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if you want to call it a tax, fine. call it a tax. we'll talk about that on the campaign trail this fall. >> i didn't mean to say he's brilliant. that was a brilliant decision. i didn't want to put me in this camp of liberal commentators. >> you are but we won't put you -- >> andrea mitchell, i'm going to get to you in a second. first, michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee. i would love you to give a more partisan republican view if you have it, because we conservatives, i will put myself in this group, have been wringing our hands for decades about republican presidents appointing nominees who then stab them in the ideological back. i'm not suggesting john roberts did that this morning, but just about every other conservative in washington is. >> they are. i mean, there were flashbacks, i guess, for some folks back to earl warren who was a conservative justice who ushered in a very different era during his tenure as chief justice. i think that we've kind of pegged roberts right out of the box. he is a v
if you want to call it a tax, fine. call it a tax. we'll talk about that on the campaign trail this fall. >> i didn't mean to say he's brilliant. that was a brilliant decision. i didn't want to put me in this camp of liberal commentators. >> you are but we won't put you -- >> andrea mitchell, i'm going to get to you in a second. first, michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee. i would love you to give a more partisan republican view if you have it,...
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he's lowered taxes. i find the trust argument odd because president obama promised that we would have 4.2 economic growth right now we have 2%. he promised unemployment below what we have today. he hasn't delivered on promises. joining me is amy, and kelli golf. ladies, good to have you here. kelly, i want to start with you. we saw rachel making the case for essentially where the truth is not being told along the campaign trail. do voters see it that way? romney goes to defiance, ohio and makes the case for what's happening with the auto industry. jeep came out to give their own response saying it's untrue what romney said. jeep is putting out their own press releases on this. >> it's a play on truthiness. it's the word for this election cycle. we have seen a lot of half truths, minitruths and almost truths and let the fact checkers go back to determine who is telling the truth. someone did an article about how there's a bit of gotcha fatigue. it's like now voters are resigning themselves to the fact cam
he's lowered taxes. i find the trust argument odd because president obama promised that we would have 4.2 economic growth right now we have 2%. he promised unemployment below what we have today. he hasn't delivered on promises. joining me is amy, and kelli golf. ladies, good to have you here. kelly, i want to start with you. we saw rachel making the case for essentially where the truth is not being told along the campaign trail. do voters see it that way? romney goes to defiance, ohio and makes...
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it is entitlements and tax reform. >> and middle class tax rates on a federal income tax level have come down by 50%. that's the dirt it secret neither candidate will say because they need the middle class but the data is irrefutable. >> what about middle class entitlements, medicare part d? it's the same thing. >> if you make $100,000 a year in the united states, and have two kids and own a home, it's likely you pay zero in income tax. net federal with those deductions. right? so neither candidate's willing to tell the truth, i don't think, about the state of the economy and as long as the chinese, the japanese, the germans and our own federal reserve are willing to buy u.s. debt -- because remember, we're buying our own debt through the fed. that's what quantitative ease something. print money, buy our own debt. as long as that happens, we're fine. the minute somebody wakes up and says u.s. debt has lost its debt and bond yields spike, then we're in trouble. and that may never happen. >> we all know this is a huge problem. the challenge to understanding this though rests will wall stre
it is entitlements and tax reform. >> and middle class tax rates on a federal income tax level have come down by 50%. that's the dirt it secret neither candidate will say because they need the middle class but the data is irrefutable. >> what about middle class entitlements, medicare part d? it's the same thing. >> if you make $100,000 a year in the united states, and have two kids and own a home, it's likely you pay zero in income tax. net federal with those deductions....
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. >> jack kennedy lowered tax growth -- >> now you're jack kennedy. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground. >> brought us whole binders full of woman. have you looked at your pension? >> i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. doesn't take as long. >> took the president 14 days to call the act a terrorism. >> can you say that a little louder, candy. >> you mention the navy, for example, and we have fewer ships than in 1916. we also have fewer horses and bayonets. >> governor christie throughout this process has been responsive, had he's been aggressive. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern, and compassion for our state into i'll be a good soldier and vote for romney but i'm going to hate it. >> this is the end of daylight saving time tonight. it's mitt romney's favorite time of the year because he gets to turn the clock back. >> america is about to come roaring back. >> we've come too far to let our voices go faint. >> all right. when you ask how did we get here? that's how we got here. so as we wait for the president to s
. >> jack kennedy lowered tax growth -- >> now you're jack kennedy. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground. >> brought us whole binders full of woman. have you looked at your pension? >> i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. doesn't take as long. >> took the president 14 days to call the act a terrorism. >> can you say that a little louder, candy. >> you mention the navy, for example, and we have fewer...
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i never voted for the tax increases. i called you the senator from wall street, which a lot of people called you that but i was going to ask him, i will tell you from the red neck riviera, conservatives, a lot of small business in four terms had a rich person ask me for tax cuts. i never once did. they always knew they would get the accountants and lawyers to take care of that. it was always about regulatory relief. i'm just curious why it is that the republicans on a national level are so laser focused on saying absolutely no to taxes because that's -- i don't know about the koch brothers, i don't know them, but all the rich guys i know and rich women i know, they're not talking about tax cuts. they're saying we'll pay more taxes, just get the federal government off our back. >> there's a narrowness to what mitt romney is talking about. we hear from business people and leaders in the business community who believe strongly if you lift some of this regulatory burden, the broadband industry, health care industry, which ar
i never voted for the tax increases. i called you the senator from wall street, which a lot of people called you that but i was going to ask him, i will tell you from the red neck riviera, conservatives, a lot of small business in four terms had a rich person ask me for tax cuts. i never once did. they always knew they would get the accountants and lawyers to take care of that. it was always about regulatory relief. i'm just curious why it is that the republicans on a national level are so...
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president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i you're entered for a chance to win a trip to the olympic games for life. to cheer the summer athletes to new heights, starting in 2016... as you experience every moment, every emotion, every four years... for the rest of your life. visa. supporting athletes and the olympic games for 25 years. people everywhere go with visa. visa. supporting athletes and the olympic games for 25 years. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative... ...which helped students and teachers get better results in ap courses. together, they raised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential... ...if the other states joined them. let's raise our scores. let's invest in our teachers and inspire our students. let's solve this. not in this economy. we also have zero free t
president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i you're entered for a chance to win a trip to the olympic games for life. to cheer the summer athletes to new heights, starting in 2016... as you experience every moment, every emotion, every...
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are you getting more tax revenues there or is it flat? >> sales tax is strong. apparently getting stronger. that's a good indication of what's going on. some weakness in fourth quarter filings and payments. we think that was a result of the year before people having moved income into 2010 because they were not sure bush tax cuts were moved into 2011. we will have a better idea in april. >> just project forward, you talk about the receipts. overall where you think the economy is headed in terms of growth rates and the ability to generate new jobs. >> all of the talk there was about the european crisis. if we can avoid a major default in greece and portugal, if we can avoid that, we are in great shape. it's moving in the right direction and it's foreseeable that unemployment can get below 7.5%. i'm a supporter of the president, but there is a strength. it's hard to keep americans down. >> come on. >> i like that. >> i do too. maybe i'm a sucker for it, but you have clint eastwood talking and the manufacturing jobs and all the steel. >> i like it for another. >> it
are you getting more tax revenues there or is it flat? >> sales tax is strong. apparently getting stronger. that's a good indication of what's going on. some weakness in fourth quarter filings and payments. we think that was a result of the year before people having moved income into 2010 because they were not sure bush tax cuts were moved into 2011. we will have a better idea in april. >> just project forward, you talk about the receipts. overall where you think the economy is...